Art of ornamenting the surfaces of boxes



PATENT FFICE.

MORGAN W. BROWN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ART OF ORNAMENTING THE SURFACES 0F BOXES, PACKAGES, &c.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 240,228, dated April 19,1881.

Application filed February 17, 1880.

. the object of the invention being to render the surface so treated, orto which the foil and gelatine or isinglass have been applied, moreattractive, and to give to it a sparkling appear-.

ance.

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I willdescribe the manner of carrying out the same.

I first take the tin or other metallic foil and break or press thesurface of it into a rough, uneven, or corrugated shape. The foil inthis condition is then affixed to or upon the surface to be ornamentedor decorated. 1 then place or affix over the surface of corrugated orroughened foil a sheet of gelatiueor isinglass,

the result being, as before stated, to render the surface decoratedattractive to the eye, a sparkling appearance being produced by thelight that passes through the gelatine or isinglass and is reflected bythe corrugations of the foil.

It will be seen that if plain gelatine or isinglass be employed foils ofdifferent colors can be employed advantageously, greatly increasing theeffect sought to be produced, or that a like result can he arrived at bythe employment of ordinary tin-foil used in connection with colored orpartly-colored sheets of gelatiue or isin glass.

Having now set forth my invention, what I claim as new is Thewithin-described process for ornamenting or, decorating surfaces, whichconsists in affixing to the surface a body of roughened or corrugatedtin or other metallic foil, and then placing over the same a sheet ofplain-colored or partly-colored gelatine or isin glass, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

MORGAN W. BROWN.

Witnesses:

PETER G. PROVOsT, DAVID B. PRoVosT.

